History - The House And Its Owners
A New Beginning 1622 - 1688
After nearly eighty years of neglect, Temple Newsam was bought by the remarkable entrepreneur and courtier Sir
Arthur Ingram in 1622. Having made a fortune in London, Sir Arthur moved his power base to his native Yorkshire
where he built (or re-built) five properties. At Temple Newsam he demolished three sides of the old Tudor house,
and re-built two new wings to north and south, uniting the whole in 1628 with the great inscription:
ALL GLORY AND PRAISE BE GIVEN TO GOD THE FATHER THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST ON HIGH PEACE ON EARTH GOOD WILL
TOWARDS MEN HONOUR AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR GRACIOUS KING LOVING AFFECTION AMONGST HIS SUBJECTS HEALTH AND PLENTY
BE WITHIN THIS HOUSE
Later this would be recited at daily prayers in the chapel by the assembled household.
Sir Arthur's sons took opposite causes during the Civil War. His grandson Henry joined the court in exile and
was rewarded with the title of Viscount Irwin at the Restoration of Charles II. Like a number of their later
descendants Henry and his wife Essex, daughter of the Royalist Earl of Manchester, were wildly extravagant.
This led to a sale of many of the furnishings of the house after his premature death in 1666.
Boom & Bust 1688 - 1758
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